As promised, Duran Duran played its concert in Charlotte and made a big statement about the anti-LGBT law. RELATED: Duran Duran to Go Ahead with North Carolina Show, Push Repeal of ‘Outdated and Cruel’ Anti-LGBT Bill Said the band under a lit up rain… Read

Duran Duran say they’ll go ahead with a performance in North Carolina this weekend and push for repeal of HB2: With respect to the current storm which is howling through this State, we considered cancelling our show on Saturday, but decided to… Read

Pop wunderkind Shamir shared a cover of Duran Duran’s 1982 hit “Hungry Like the Wolf” today. The queer musician will be opening for Duran Duran during their North American tour this spring. Shamir, whose debut full-length album Ratc… Read

New Music is brought to you by Deadly Music! which covers mostly indie, alternative, electro pop, post rock and ambient music, with a bit of everything else deadly thrown in for good measure. Destroyer – Poison Season Canadian singer songwriter… Read

BY NORMAN BRANNON Norman Brannon is a pop critic, musician, and author based in New York City. He presents a weekly music update here on Towleroad and writes regularly at Nervous Acid. Follow Norman on Twitter at @nervousaci… Read

This strange and stunning performance of "The Man Who Stole a Leopard" at last night's "Unstaged" concert in Los Angeles. It was directed by Lynch and is punctuated by various Lynchian oddities like floating heads and an… Read

NORMAN BRANNON Norman Brannon is a pop critic, musician, and author based in New York City. He presents a weekly music update here on Towleroad and writes regularly at Nervous Acid. Follow Norman on Twitter at @nervousacid. ESSENT… Read

Please welcome Robbie Daw, who will be penning weekly music posts for us here on Towleroad! Robbie runs his own pop music site called Chart Rigger. Mediabase, the firm that monitors 129 major Top 40 radio stations in the country, noted that Timbaland… Read

Please welcome Robbie Daw, who will be penning occasional music posts for us here on Towleroad! Robbie runs his own pop music site called Chart Rigger. Venison, artichoke tapenade and Doritos? I guess at this point we shouldn’t be surprised Ama… Read

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